Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 24: Dr. Poonam Parihar, Assistant Professor, working in the Division of Agricultural Extension Education of SKUAST-Jammu has been honoured with Dr. GS Vidyarthi Award at a National Seminar in Bikaner on the topic ‘Holistic Approach for Enhancing Agricultural Growth in Changing Rural Scenario’.
The seminar was organized by Indian Society of Extension Education (ISEE), New Delhi in collaboration with Rajasthan Agricultural University (RAU).
Governor of Rajasthan, Kalraj Mishra was the chief guest on the inaugural function.
The award was conferred on Dr Parihar in recognition of excellence she achieved in farm information-communication & field extension services and overall achievements and contributions in the area of Extension Education in general & entrepreneurship development in particular.
The award contains a Certificate of Excellence along with a Memento.
She also presented the Research Papers on the topic, ‘Agripreneurship Development-A Sustainable Approach for Enhancing Farmers’ Income’.
She was also awarded the Best Paper Presentation Award and she also acted as Rapporteur during Technical Session of oral presentation & performed herself as the Member of the Evaluation Committees for poster presentation.